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WANGATA EBOLA TREATMENT CENTRE

Haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola, Lassa and Marburg haemorrhagic fevers are rare but deadly, spreading fear and panic. Caring for infected patients and affected communities is crucial for a response to be effective.

Outbreaks can kill 25 to 90 per cent of those infected. Until recently, there were no tools to prevent or treat Ebola; today a preventive vaccine and curative drugs are available. MSF has responded in almost all reported outbreaks over the past years.

The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was unprecedented: 67 times the size of the largest previously recorded outbreak, it reached urban areas, and killed more than 11,300 people. Hundreds of health workers died, decimating the already-struggling healthcare systems of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Since then, the Democratic Republic of Congo has experienced a succession of outbreaks since March 2018.

Quick facts about Ebola and Marburg

 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF reinforces response to DRC Ebola outbreak in Boende

Project Update 29 Aug 2014
 
ELWA3 Ebola management centre in Monrovia, Liberia
Haemorrhagic fevers

The failures of the international outbreak response

Opinion 29 Aug 2014
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

MSF response to the WHO new Ebola roadmap

Statement 28 Aug 2014
 
Liberia

MSF’s new Ebola management centres already overwhelmed

Press Release 27 Aug 2014
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

MSF deeply saddened by deaths of a Guinean, a Liberian and a Sierra Leonean colleague

Statement 26 Aug 2014
 
MSF Ebola Training Brussels 2014
Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola Epidemic confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF sends specialists and material to the epicentre

Press Release 26 Aug 2014
 
Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Haemorrhagic fevers

International Response to West Africa Ebola Epidemic Dangerously Inadequate

Project Update 15 Aug 2014
 
Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Haemorrhagic fevers

New Strategies and More Hands-on Capacity Needed to Curb Ebola Epidemic

Speech 15 Aug 2014
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola treatment: Interview with Dr Armand Sprecher, MSF doctor specialised in hemorrhagic fevers

Voices from the Field 8 Aug 2014
Advanced HIV management in Homa Bay
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